Cost included with following services:
Fee: Upper Mustang special permit,
National Park entrance permit & TIMS card
Activities: Sightseeing & trekking trip
as per itinerary.
Equipment: All necessary camping
equipments, kitchen utilize and sleeping bag if
necessary
Accommodation: 3 nights hotel in
Kathmandu, 2 night hotel in Pokhara and 12
nights lodges during trekking
Food: Full board on camping [Breakfast,
lunch and dinner] during the trekking and 6
breakfast and one farewell Dinner in Kathmandu.
Staffs: Trekking Leader/Guide and
necessary supporter
Transportation: Arrival/Departure
transfer and surface road-head transportation by
land transportation and Pokhara - Jomsom –
Pokhara air transportation.
Company & Government’s service charge:
All applicable Government taxes & official
service charges. And Crew’s, daily wages/salary,
food, equipment, air and road-head
transportation
Cost excluded with following services:
- International flight, departure taxes
- Travel insurance covering with emergency
Helicopter rescue
- Personal equipment
- Lunch & Dinner while in City
- Bar bills & Beverages
- Tips/Gratuities for trekking crews
- Temple and Monastery entrance fee while
sightseeing in city
- Optional activities and hiring horse
- And unforeseen expenses which are out of
control by Nepal Adventure Point.
Details itinerary:
DAY 01: Upon arrival at Tribhuwan
international airport, welcomed by our
representative and transfer to hotel. The
remainder of the afternoon is at leisure. A
pre-trek briefing will be given in the evening
at hotel about the daily program activities by
your Group Leader/Guide.
DAY 02: After breakfast the day will
start with a guided tour of Kathmandu's
historical and spiritual key attractions;
including the historic Kathmndu Durbar Square,
the famous 'Monkey Temple' (Swayambunath) and
then finally visit to Patan Durbar square which
is situated the heart of the city constitutes
the focus of visitor's attraction. In the
evening there will be pre-trip discussion where
you can meet your group leader/guide then you
can ask any questions you may have.
DAY 03: This morning you will drive to
Pokhara (200km) the road mostly follows the
River Trisuli and Marshyangdi, depart 7:00 AM in
the morning, approximately 6-hrs way by tourist
bus and 5-hrs drive by private transport. Along
the drive you will enjoy beautiful scenery. You
will arrive late afternoon at Pokhara with
enough time to enjoy the colorful town of
Pokhara.
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DAY 04: We fly to Jomsom. From Jomsom
follow the Kali Gandaki River route forward to
Eklebhatti and reach Kagbeni. From Kagbeni the
route meets the junction where the trail splits
for Muktinath, the pilgrimage temple and for
Upper Mustang (Lo-Manthang). Kagbeni is a
delightful village on the edge of the Mustang
restricted area; it’s a hive of activity for
donkey and yak caravans coming and going to and
from mustang and for pilgrims taking a rest on
route to Mukthinath. In Kagbeni, you can easily
spend a few hours wondering around taking in
this lovely village.
DAY 05: From Kagbeni you enter the
restricted area of Upper Mustang. The trail
makes several ups and downs to arrive at Tangbe
village (3060m). Walking further and descending
you will reach to Chhuksang village (2980m)
where you will see many beautiful white washed
houses and agriculture fields. From Chhuksang
making more ups and downs along the Kali Gandaki
River you will get to Chele village.
DAY 06: From Chele the trail climbs up to
the Chele-La (3630m). After crossing the ridge
from Chele-La the trail enters a large sided
valley and descends to Samar (3620m) where you
will have views of the distant Annapurna Himal
dominated by Nil Giri. The trail climbs up to
the Bhena-La (3830m) and to Bhena (3860m).
Climbing to another pass, the Yamdo-La (4010m),
you will descend steeply following a ridge to
Shyangmochen (3800m). From Shyangmochen you
descend to the picturesque village of Geling,
spend some time here soaking up the village
atmosphere.
DAY 07: Turning west from Geling,
climbing gently through the fields, passing
below Tama Gaon and turning north you will reach
Nyi-La (4020m). The trail then drops steeply to
Ghemi (3510m), a large village surrounded by
many fields busy with the activity of the local
people working this arid landscape. From Ghemi
the trail first descends and then climbs a rocky
path to Choya-La (3870m). Making a gentle
descent the trail reaches to Tsarang.
DAY 08: The trail descends about 100
meters down from Tsarang, crosses the Tsarang–Chu
and climbs steeply up a rocky trail to a cairn
on a ridge and continues to climbs gently to a
large isolated Chorten, then crosses a stream
and reaches the Lo-La (3950m) where you will see
the view of the walled city of Lo-Manthang.
Descending for some time the trail crosses a
stream and climbs up to Lo-Manthang where you
will see the school, health post, and police
check post and several important chortens.
DAY 09: This day will be spent in this
mystical and isolated city. There are four major
places and several other places like the Tall
Champa Lakhang "God house", the red Thugchen
Gompa, Chyodi Gompa and the Entrance Hall which
are the main attractions of this town. Another
attraction is the four–story building of the
Raja's Palace as well as the surrounding
panoramic views of the Himalayas. Having seen
one, you are excited to see the others. Besides
Lo-Manthang there are two other interesting
valleys worth visiting. The western valley
Tingkar, the sight of Raja's summer palace,
Kimling and Phuwa as well as the Gompa of
Namgyals "The Monastery of Victory " is the
newest and most active Gompa in Lo. The eastern
valley contains Chosar, the site of a High
School, Garphu and Nyphu Gompa and is the main
trading route to Lhasa.
DAY 10: From Lo-Manthang the trail climbs
steadily offering a last glimpse of Lo-Manthang.
The trail climbs a ridge at 4070m and continues
climbing to the Chogo-La (4325m), the highest
point on the trek. The trail makes a short,
steep descent and crosses the Chharang River,
then climbs to Lo-Geker and reaches to Ghar
Gompa a small monastery.
DAY 11-12: Lo-Gekar trek to Ghami and
Shyangbochen: The trail descends passing the
stone walls and fields of Dhakmar, then climbs
to a ridge and descends to the lower part of
Ghemi and further descending you will reach to
Jaite (3820m) and descend again gently to
Chhung-Kah. The trail then reaches to Tama Gaon
(3710m) and continues descending to Shyangmochen.
DAY 13: After break fast we walk down to
Chele after lunch we continue trek the village
of Tetang. Tetang village is formed between 2
hills; they should have found it a safe place to
avoid the strong wind that hits the entire
Kaligandaki valley. Tetang is the upper village
of the Chuksang, which we visit on the first day
entering to Mustang from Kagbeni. From Tetang
village it takes one day to go to Jomsom and a
day to arrive to Muktinath.We re-track back to
Chele (3050m) for the overnight stop after 5 hrs
walk. You will have wonderful scenery during the
journey with a Himalayan view. Enjoy your trip
and overnight at camp.
DAY 14: From Tetang village the trail
climbs till the Gnyu Pass, which take around 3
an half hours. The entire route provides a fine
panorama of the Himalayan range and green valley
with many kinds of Himalayan flowers. From Gnyu
Pass you can see the whole Muktinath area in a
distance of 2 hours gentle walk. The Name of the
Muktinath (God of salvation) is name of a
Hindu’s god. Muktinath is a holy place for all
the devotees. Every year thousands of devotees
from Nepal, India and Tibet come to visit this
place for the salvation and purification of
their belief. History tells that many Kings of
Asia visited the place for meditation and
salvation. Muktinath is decorated by Mt. Nilgiri
and Mt. Tilicho to the southeast, Daulagiri to
the southwest and Thorang peak and Yakawa Kang
to the north. It is one of the most important
religious centers of both Hindus and Buddhist.
For Hindus, beside the Holy water, the
importance of the Muktinath is in the belief
that the incarnation of Lord Vishnu is in the
form of Saligrams. Saligram are found in the
water of Kaligandaki River, just a few hours
walk from Muktinath.
DAY 15: This is the last day of the trek.
The trail goes through the village of Jharkot
where one can visit the Jharkot monastery,
Tibetan herbal medical center and the old
fortress of Jharkot, once served as palace.
Continuing the trek toward Jomsom one will enjoy
the view of the Kaligandaki valley and Kagbeni
village the entry point to Mustang. We get a
round trip of our trek in Ekle Bhatti visiting
all the surprises of the human effort in this
corner of the World of such an isolation and
solitude. Arrive to Jomsom, celebrate the last
day of the trek will in Jomsom with all the
trekking staffs.
DAY 16: Jomsom we fly to Pokhara and
transfer to your hotel in Pokhara. The trekking
staffs except the guide will trek down till
Pokhara and drive or fly to Kathmandu, which
will take 4 days.
DAY 17: After breakfast, drive to
Kathmandu by tourist bus. Along the way you can
enjoy with good scenery views. You'll be
arriving at Kathmandu late afternoon then you
have free afternoon to be fresh up; evening we
comment about the trip and celebrate farewell
dinner together at Nepalese Typical Restaurant
you have free time for shopping.
DAY 18: After breakfast you will have
some free time until the time to leave the
international airport for your final departure.
Optional itinerary to
Mustang circuit
DAY 10: From Lo-Manthang the trail walks
straight till Dhi passes (4100m), and then
descends down to Dhi village. The trek from Lo-Manthang
to Muktinath is harder, but more rewarding and
interesting than the west side of the valley.
Dhi village is one of the best villages of whole
Lomathang and it seems more prosperous and it is
settled in a very suitable place.
DAY 11: From Dhi, if we have energy
enough you can go to the Luri Gompa via Yara and
Ghara villages. Its takes 6/7-hrs climbs up and
down to Dhi. One can go even on horseback. Luri
Gompa is located above the villages of Yara and
Ghara, Luri Gompa sits high above the crumbling
landscape like an eagle's nest. It is some of
the last cave monasteries in Lo and Tibet. No
written record exists for the construction of
Luri Gompa. Luri Gompa and some other
monasteries are affiliated with the Kagyu sect
(one of the sect of Buddhism). The style of
painting suggests they were done by Nepalese (Newari)
artists working for Tibetan patrons. The cave
temple dates from the 13th - 14th century. The
central chamber of the Gompa is carved out of
the rock creating a domed ceiling on which are
painted a series of Mahasiddha, Sakyamuni Buddha
and Chenrezig figures etc, which are the true
masterpieces. Lining the walls are series of
14th century paintings, which depict India
Mahasiddahs. Some are real individual and other
mythical.
DAY 12: From Dhi the trail goes through
the river for around 2 hours and crosses a river
from Damodar Kunda, one of the sacred lakes,
there are no bridge on the river and need to
deep the bare feet in the water to cross this
river. After crossing the river the trail climbs
up till high above a pass of (3850m). The trail
goes through a grassless, treeless bare hill.
After the pass the trail again drops directly to
Tange village at an elevation of (3370m).Tange
is a small village of around 30 houses but most
of the houses are attached each other. On the
rooftops one can see piles of dry woods, which
also reflect the prosperity in their society.
DAY 13: The trek begins with a fine trail
for around one hour and crosses a river without
bridge. After crossing the river the trail
climbs high up till the Chacho-La pass. From
Chacho-La pass one can enjoy a wide range of
mountains including Dhaulagiri, Nilgiri, Tukche
peak, Tilicho Peak and Thorang peak etc. On this
elevation one can enjoy also many varieties of
flowers and blue ship etc. After the pass the
trail descends to Pa Khola. From Pa the trail
walks mostly straight with minor climbing and
descends to the village of Tetang. The trail
walks through a steep ridge of hill providing
some fine views of wind carved hills. Continuing
the trek you can see the village of Tetang.
Tetang village is formed between 2 hills; they
should have found it a safe place to avoid the
strong wind that hits the entire Kaligandaki
valley. Tetang is the upper village of the
Chuksang, which we visit on the first day
entering to Mustang from Kagbeni. From Tetang
village it takes one day to go to Jomsom and a
day to arrive to Muktinath.
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